Being Amber Rhea

7 Responses to "Question for all"

1. Garrett says:
   
   August 27th, 2007 at 4:30 pm

   I think it’s irrelevant. Existence exists. (Yes, I’m parroting Objectivism, to which I’ve only had mild exposure)

   Since causality, as we understand it, occurs within the realm of existence, it doesn’t really apply if you remove it from existence altogether. Asking the cause of something is a mechanism that presupposes existence, but stepping outside of existence to ask the question (thus presupposing nonexistence) invalidates it. You’re assuming something, and then violating that assumption with your question.

2. Thomas says:
   
   August 27th, 2007 at 4:38 pm

   “Why are we here?” The question is not as simple as it appears, because there is a matter of scale that must be assumed by the asker or the answerer.

   If you mean, why are we here, individually, each one of us today on this planet in this time, then I’d say that we have an obligation to leave our world better than when we found it. In a small way, that informs our decision to produce accessible and entertaining theatre. Maybe people will leave our shows better or smarter than when they arrived. It’s why you and Rusty are such passionate advocates for new media.

   Now, the bigger question, involving why are we here on Earth as a human race (and God is in his Heaven and Buddha is in Nirvana and so on) … that is a driver as well, but rather than using that drive to improve where we are as a species, we tend to look at the question of why as an excuse to answer the question itself. Does that make sense? Instead of creating our own answer, devoting time to making humanity worthy of being created (or simply existing), we tend to burn our time contemplating the why, asking an assumed source of that question for direction.

3. Micala says:
   
   August 27th, 2007 at 4:49 pm

   I think any question that causes us, even for a moment to stop and consider who we are, or where we fit into the whole scheme of things is a good thing.

   Even if it’s impossible for us to know the exact reason we’re here, stopping to think about it causes us to examine our perspective on life and perhaps center ourselves again in the process. That’s never irrelevant.

4. Joeventures says:
   
   August 27th, 2007 at 9:37 pm

   I haven’t quoted Douglas Adams in a very long time. But I’m going to do that now.

   There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable.

   There is another which states that this has already happened.

5. Rootietoot says:
   
   August 28th, 2007 at 2:06 pm

   I think it’s relevent, but should not be all-consuming.

6. Amber says:
   
   August 28th, 2007 at 9:02 pm

   Thanks for the responses, everyone!

7. Dw3t-Hthr says:
   
   August 29th, 2007 at 1:30 am

   My belated tuppence:

   Meaning is something that each person creates for themselves. “Why am I here?” is the question that life answers.

   What that answer is? Depends on what ya do with the life.

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